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title: "so in 250 million yrs it's all one big blob of land again, right, 1… — Moving continents: from Pangaea to today · tree and pragmatics
description: "so in 250 million yrs it's all one big blob of land again, right, 100% sure?" Test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 43 «Moving continents: from Pangaea to today» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 11 · ★★★ · Moving continents: from Pangaea to today

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"so in 250 million yrs it's all one big blob of land again, right, 100% sure?"

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** million yrs · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** one big blob

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This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 43 «Moving continents: from Pangaea to today» of the geography course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/geography/43-moving-continents-from-pangaea-to-today/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:43-moving-continents-from-pangaea-to-today:t11:1
# text = "so in 250 million yrs it's all one big blob of land again, right, 100% sure?"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	250	250	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	compound	_	_
5	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	yrs	year	NOUN	NNS	Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
9	all	all	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
11	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	blob	blob	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	again	again	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
17	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	21	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	20	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	%	%	SYM	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl:unmarked	_	_
21	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | million yrs | one big blob |  |  | again | of land; all *property* | tree rules |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No, the continents will stop for good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:43-moving-continents-from-pangaea-to-today:t11:o1:1
# text = No, the continents will stop for good
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	continents	continent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | future | the continents |  |  |  |  | for good | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, the continents will all sink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:43-moving-continents-from-pangaea-to-today:t11:o2:1
# text = No, the continents will all sink
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	continents	continent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	sink	sink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink** | future | the continents |  |  |  |  | all *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, exactly like Pangaea again, and every scientist is certain of it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:43-moving-continents-from-pangaea-to-today:t11:o3:1
# text = Yes, exactly like Pangaea again, and every scientist is certain of it
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	12	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Pangaea	Pangaea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	scientist	scientist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | every scientist |  |  |  |  | of it; certain, exactly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Probably, but scientists still argue about the exact shape

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:43-moving-continents-from-pangaea-to-today:t11:o4:1
# text = Probably, but scientists still argue about the exact shape
1	Probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	argue	argue	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | present | scientists |  |  |  | still | about the exact shape; probably *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about shape=Topic |

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